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A form-based approach for database analysis and design

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              An approach to systematically using electronic forms in the database requirements and design process is described. The research uses a model of hierarchically structured forms with event-driven routing to develop two systems, called the form definition system and the expert database design system. The form definition system assists users in specifying form and view definitions. The system has many components. For instance, the inference component for novice users has rules and heuristics to allow beginners to develop forms. The system has an inference component to assist end users with view definitions for their forms; a view definition consists of a form hierarchy with functional dependencies among form fields. The system also has an explanation facility. The expert database design system assists in the view integration process. The expert system contains rules for incrementally integrating the form views, and heuristics for mapping the form fields into entity types and relationships. The expert database design system uses the view definitions to incrementally build an entity relationship diag ram.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 35, Issue 2
                Feb. 1992
                124 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/129630
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